Paper Trail

On a Valentine's Day afternoon in Central New York, it heated up enough for the ice in Syracuse to finally start to melt. The visiting team was dressed appropriately in red as the Mustangs of SMU entered into their third contest all-time versus Syracuse. SMU won the only other two contests played between themselves and Syracuse, which both happened in the 2024-25 season, SMU's first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Mustangs would score first, tha

In their second season coming from the Pacific Coast to play within their current conference named after the Atlantic Coast, the California Golden Bears entered the Dome on a snow-covered night in Central New York to face the Syracuse Orange in a men's basketball bout. There were six lead changes and four ties by the 8:29 mark of the first half, where it stood at 21-apiece after a jumper by junior guard Dai Dai Ames of the Golden Bears. Chris Bell, who left Syracuse for Cal v

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball squad opened the door to the Dome on a cold wintry night as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish descended upon Central New York from South Bend, Indiana. Both teams came in with almost exactly the same overall and conference records, with Syracuse 12-9 overall and Notre Dame 11-10, along with Syracuse being 3-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Notre Dame coming in at 2-6. Over a minute past before either team scored in this the 69th ma

The Syracuse Orange welcomed a team from South Beach who has been having weather in the 70s to visit on a day that recorded single-digits in temperature. Luckily for the Miami Hurricanes, this game was indoors in a controlled environment. And Miami did just that, controlled the environment, early on. Behind 9-0, Syracuse did not score their first points until almost four minutes into the contest, when redshirt-senior guard Nate Kingz connected with the net on a jumper at the

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball team returned home to host the Virginia Tech Hokies after an 81-73 road loss in overtime to the Boston College Eagles. Unlike Syracuse, Virginia Tech was coming off of a win, 89-76 at home versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This match-up between the Orange and Hokies served as the 22nd chapter between the two teams, with the Orange holding the advantage, 13-8. The last four games have been split 2-2, with the Hokies winning the last con

On a cold but clear night in Central New York, the Syracuse Orange men's basketball squad had a visitor from the Sunshine State in the Florida State Seminoles. Florida State took the first lead of the night, 2-0, on a layup by senior guard Robert McCray V. Syracuse's first lead came on their first possession that followed, when redshirt-senior guard Nate Kingz connected from long range, bringing the score to 3-2 Syracuse. The Seminoles would get out to an 11-3 advantage befor

With less than a week before Christmas, the Syracuse Orange (7-4) hosted the Northeastern Huskies (4-5) after having won three of their last four games this season. The Huskies would be tied with the Orange at 14-all before the Orange advanced themselves out to a double-digit lead at the break, 41-31. At the 16-minute media timeout, Syracuse remained ahead, 48-40, with Northeastern out-scoring Syracuse 9-7 in the early portion of the second half. The Orange came out of that t

There are 365 teams in NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball. Enough teams to equal the amount of days in a year. Of those teams, 364 of them are above the Syracuse Orange program in free-throw percentage, with the Orange last in the nation in percentage of freebies made, at 58%, through their first 11 games of the season. This is the breakdown of Syracuse's free-throw performances this season in those 11 games: Versus Binghamton - 11-for-16 Versus Delaware State - 11-for-21 Versu

The Syracuse Orange (6-3) opened up the Dome for a cold and snowy midday match-up with the Hofstra Pride (7-4). Syracuse would score first off of a jumper by senior guard J.J. Starling, who would follow with a three from the left side to give the Orange their first five points of the game. Hofstra gained their first lead off of a three by freshman guard Preston Edmead that made it 6-5 Pride. With just under 15 minutes to go in the first half, Hofstra had taken the lead once a

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball squad (3-0) reentered the Dome after winning their first road contest of the season 80-50 over the Drexel Dragons to face the Monmouth Hawks (1-2) who were coming off of their second loss in a row this season, which came on the road against the Seton Hall Pirates. Syracuse would start things off with a swat by sophomore forward Donnie Freeman. Around the 14-minute mark, Monmouth would take their first lead of the night, ahead 10-9 on a jum

The Syracuse Orange (1-0) took on the Delaware State Hornets (0-1) on a sunny, early afternoon in Central New York for the first time ever in the schools' histories. Speaking of history, true freshman guard Kiyan Anthony got his first collegiate start in this match-up. The Orange scored on their opening possession when sophomore forward Donnie Freeman connected from long range to give Syracuse the first lead of the day, 3-0. Delaware State answered right back, scoring on thei

The Syracuse Orange and Binghamton Bearcats each began the 2025-26 season on a cool night in Central New York as the Bearcats traveled an hour north on Interstate-81 to Syracuse, New York, for a bout with the Orange. Syracuse was on the offensive glass early, scoring all six of their opening points off of offensive rebounds, with junior guard Naithan George scoring first on a jumper followed by a hook shot and jumper by sophomore forward Donnie Freeman to go ahead 6-0. Just b

The Syracuse Orange returned to action with a match at home in the Dome versus the N.C. State Wolfpack. Syracuse came in on a four-game...

The Syracuse Orange came back home to the Dome after losing to the Miami Hurricanes on the road, 91-84, while the Hurricanes were in 18th...

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball team's match-up with the Boston College Eagles marked the 87th overall meeting between the two...

Syracuse Orange true freshman forward Donnie Freeman will be out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. The official statement from...